by Fred Donovan | May 12, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Forces - Naval, Marketing & Advertising, Other Corporation, Public Relations, USA
Campbell Ewald Co. won an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for advertising and marketing services for the Navy Recruiting Command in Millington, TN. This contract is worth $146.2 million over the base year, and 4 one-year options could bring its total...
by Joe Katzman | May 11, 2009 | Budgets, Issues - Political, Think Tanks, USA
The US Department of Defense has submitted its FY 2010 budget request for $533.8 billion. This is 4% more than the FY 2009 base budget, but that is no longer an apples-to-apples comparison, as explained below. Weapons procurement represents $107.4 billion, or about...
by Joe Katzman | May 11, 2009 | Issues - Political, Legal, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, USA
“Looking at Earmarks: Legislators for Sale?” examined some legislator’s records with respect to earmarks, provisions inserted into spending bills that target specific firms and products. That article looked at the range of earmarks given out, and...
by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Rockets, USA
Solid-fuel rockets are used in a wide variety of military applications, from decoy launchers, to anti-tank rockets, to aerial missiles and rockets, to nuclear ICBMs. Not to mention the potential civilian uses. Improvements to the state of the art can have a wide range...
by Joe Katzman | May 4, 2009 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Marines, Other Corporation, USA
The Straub-Martin joint venture in Bonsall, CA won a $92.25 million firm-fixed-price contract to design and build 3 USMC Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) and a parking structure at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, CA. The MCAGCC is...
